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Name me a country where...
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You are crossing the road and you get run over by a car. You have multiple life threatening injuries. You have no paperwork on you and you cannot speak. They will still scrape you of the road and take you to hospital, fix you up no questions asked, regardless of cost. I know of only one, there may be others.
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Dead right R1Geezer...that can only be the well known and well exploited NHS of the United Kingdon, which no other country has copied.......I wonder why?
Up until about 8yrs ago, the government would always come out with the well known rhetoric......NHS. The envy of the World, but not since.....I wonder why.
If I have got the answer wrong......I admit defeat.
Up until about 8yrs ago, the government would always come out with the well known rhetoric......NHS. The envy of the World, but not since.....I wonder why.
If I have got the answer wrong......I admit defeat.
OK I'll Clarify. I was having a debate with someone about emigrating and I said that as far as I know UK is the only place in world where this happens. US/EU forget it. I was saying that is why I would not emigrate, I just don't trust the rest of the world in medical situations. I wasn't slagging it off quite the reverse, it is one of the things that is the mark of a true civilised nation.
I caught a bug in Portugal a few years ago.
I was really ill, throwing up, dehydrating, couldn't eat, losing weight, losing strength (I was finding it hard to lift my wine bottle!).
I went to the local Centro do Saude, was seen by a consultant, touched up and fondled a lot, x-rayed, and given a fistful of prescriptions, in a timescale where a UK A&E Dept would still be filling in stupid forms.
I paid for the x-ray, and the medications, and that was all.
I didn't have any paperwork.
Just thought I'd mention it.
I was really ill, throwing up, dehydrating, couldn't eat, losing weight, losing strength (I was finding it hard to lift my wine bottle!).
I went to the local Centro do Saude, was seen by a consultant, touched up and fondled a lot, x-rayed, and given a fistful of prescriptions, in a timescale where a UK A&E Dept would still be filling in stupid forms.
I paid for the x-ray, and the medications, and that was all.
I didn't have any paperwork.
Just thought I'd mention it.
R1Geezer.........don't slag off other countries health care when the problem lies in the UK where anyone, tax payer or not, get's free health care. Healthcare has to be paid for and it is not cheap.
If you retire to Spain and you are over 65, then the Spanish Authorities say "Oi! you haven't paid one euro into our taxes all your life and now you want to use our Health system free".
No way...and I think that is reasonable. There is a reciprocal arrangement with the UK so the they (UK) pick up the tab for the over 65's....reasonable in my mind.
Under 65 in Spain...if you work and pay taxes you can use our health service free of charge. If you don't work....you need medical insurance...agfain reasonable to me.
Don't slag off EU, just question NHS.
If you retire to Spain and you are over 65, then the Spanish Authorities say "Oi! you haven't paid one euro into our taxes all your life and now you want to use our Health system free".
No way...and I think that is reasonable. There is a reciprocal arrangement with the UK so the they (UK) pick up the tab for the over 65's....reasonable in my mind.
Under 65 in Spain...if you work and pay taxes you can use our health service free of charge. If you don't work....you need medical insurance...agfain reasonable to me.
Don't slag off EU, just question NHS.
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Right. don't know where your mates in Spain live, but I would say it is the other way round..90% Salude (NHS) and 10% private. You E111 would get you EMERGENCY treatment anywhere in, Private Hospital or State Hospital.
Where are your expat friends? Do they work or are thet retired?
Before your friends pi55 themselves any further, just remind them that cancer drugs which have only been free of charge in the UK have ALWAYS been free to the Spanish.
Where are your expat friends? Do they work or are thet retired?
Before your friends pi55 themselves any further, just remind them that cancer drugs which have only been free of charge in the UK have ALWAYS been free to the Spanish.
